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Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2021. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired

Karane Enterprises, a calendar-year manufacturer based in College Station, Texas, began business in 2021. In the process of setting up the business, Karane has acquired various types of assets. Below is a list of assets acquired during 2021:

AssetCostDate Placed in Service
Office furniture$ 150,00002/03/2021
Machinery1,560,00007/22/2021
Used delivery truck*40,00008/17/2021

*Not considered a luxury automobile.

During 2021, Karane was very successful (and had no §179 limitations) and decided to acquire more assets in 2022 to increase its production capacity. These are the assets acquired during 2022:

AssetCostDate Placed in Service
Computers and information system$ 400,00003/31/2022
Luxury auto*80,00005/26/2022
Assembly equipment1,200,00008/15/2022
Storage building700,00011/13/2022

*Used 100% for business purposes.

Karane generated taxable income in 2022 of $1,732,500 for purposes of computing the §179 expense limitation.

Now assume that during 2022, Karane decides to buy a competitor's assets for a purchase price of $1,350,000.Karane purchased the following assets for the lump-sum purchase price:

AssetCostDate Placed in Service
Inventory$ 220,00009/15/2022
Office furniture230,00009/15/2022
Machinery250,00009/15/2022
Patent198,00009/15/2022
Goodwill2,00009/15/2022
Building430,00009/15/2022
Land20,00009/15/2022

Assume that Karane takes the maximum section 179 expense for the Assembly Equipment.

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 Compute the maximum 2022 cost recovery, including §179 expense and bonus depreciation

 

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